00:00 North Carolina's Strange Voting

00:56 What Happened in 2024?

06:00 Who is Mark Robinson?

16:37 Upcoming Senate Race

22:45 Democratic Victory For Senate?

25:40 Is NC Going Blue?

32:17 Why North Carolina Matters

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Kat Abughazaleh is 26 years old and running for Congress in Illinois for a seat currently occupied by an 81-year-old incumbent who’s been in office longer than she’s been alive.

TIMESTAMPS:

Introductory Remarks 00:00

Kat's Background 01:20

Right Media Ecosystem 03:20

Social Media Reward Misinformation 08:48

Potential Solutions 13:40

Billionaire Backed Media 17:24

Why Kat Is Running 19:38

Age Matters 22:22

Life Experience Matters 23:15

Running For Office In Your 20s 27:00

Concluding Remarks 30:20

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Ivy League Controversies

03:42 Concerns about Admissions Policies

13:00 Political Bias in Ivy League Institutions

18:39 Intellectual Rigor of the Ivy League

23:32 Trump's Attacks On Universities

30:26 Republican Hypocrisy

40:46 Conservative Universities

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Intro

00:50 Why Israel And Iran Are Enemies

03:49 Lead Up To War

05:56 Initial Attacks

08:19 Iran's Response

10:00 American Strikes on Nuclear Facilities

12:55 Iran's Air Force Sucks

13:42 Ceasefire Announcement

16:40 MAGA's Reaction

17:49 Ceasefire Update

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*TIMESTAMPS:*

00:00 Intro

00:47 Riots Under Trump

03:17 Oath t o Trump?

05:30 Iranian-American patriotism and Trump's policies

07:06 Debunking "illegal invaders" rhetoric

09:03 Economic and social impact of mass deportations

12:50 Trump Walkback

15:13 The Real Societal Problems

*REFERENCES:*

- https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/09/photos-waymo-fire-la-protests.html

- https://www.npr.org/2025/06/09/g-s1-71640/trump-mobilizes-marines-for-duty-in-los-angeles

- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52865206

- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/george-floyd-protests-live-updates.html

- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/06/trump-capitol-american-carnage-washington

- https://www.reuters.com/world/us/national-guard-deployed-los-angeles-amid-protests-against-immigr

- https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/06/9th-circuit-los-angeles-national-guard/

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_Korean_martial_law_crisis

- https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/restricting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and-other-national-security-and-public-safety-threats/

- https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/more-focus-areas/immigration-ethics/immigration-ethics-resources/immigration-ethics-blog/words-matter-illegal-immigrant-undocumented-immigrant-or-unauthorized-immigrant/

- https://web.archive.org/web/20250103041552/https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/undocumented-immigrant-offending-rate-lower-us-born-citizen-rate

- https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114670684664650262

- https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/democrats/2024/12/mass-deportations-would-deliver-a-catastrophic-blow-to-the-u-s-economy

- https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/nih-scientists-speak-out-over-estimated-12-billion-trump-funding-cuts-2025-06-09/

- https://taxfoundation.org/blog/federal-tax-laws-and-regulations-are-now-over-10-million-words-long/

- https://www.cato.org/blog/immigrants-used-less-welfare-native-born-americans-2022

- https://time.com/5039109/donald-trump-undocumented-polish-trump-tower-bonwit-teller/

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Crypto's D.C. Spending Spree

00:49 What is the Crypto Industry?

04:08 When Crypto Got Political

06:50 Regulators Step In

09:26 SEC vs. CFTC

14:51 Commodities vs. Securities

17:45 CFPB and Crypto

20:40 Crypto's Three-Part Agenda

21:00 Trump's Crypto Reserve

24:14 Stablecoins

31:48 Integrating Crypto Into The Financial System

33:47 Other Uses of Crypto

40:02 The Clarity Act

43:44 The Revolving Door

REFERENCES:

- https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/17/politics/crypto-industry-donald-trump-reelection

- https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/06/16/stablecoins-to-become-cash-layer-of-internet-once-genius-act-is-law-bernstein

- https://x.com/bdanweiss/status/1914425412614299907

- https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/samuel-bankman-fried-sentenced-25-years-his-orchestration-multiple-fraudulent-schemes

- https://www.axios.com/2022/12/13/ftx-bank-man-fried-sdny

- https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/05/bitcoiners-celebrate-as-bernie-moreno-ousts-sherrod-brown-ohio-upset.html

- https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-doge-cfpb-elon-musk-456b747c367fccbcf3b74d2893cd1a35

- https://www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/updated_genius_act_fact_sheet_banking_committee.pdf

- https://consumerfed.org/the-cfpbs-2021-2025-enforcement-legacy/

- https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/stablecoin.asp

- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/silvergate-banks-crisis-wake-up-call-risk-management-crypto-lian/

- https://www.bankrate.com/banking/signature-bank-collapse/

- https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/crypto-is-for-criming

- https://financefeeds.com/el-salvador-keeps-buying-bitcoin-despite-imf-loan-terms/

- https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1863774342267781222

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Israel's Offensive Against Iran

02:20 US Involvement

06:47 MAGA Is Unhappy

07:27 Iran's Retaliation

11:08 Republican Views on Intervention

15:37 Hopes for Iran's Future

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Intro

01:04 Neoliberalism Rebrand?

05:28 Who Backs Abundance?

06:16 Government Efficiency

07:19 Artificial Scarcity

11:47 Climate Change & Growth

17:00 Growth = World Ending?

21:55 Bad Faith Criticism

23:49 Is There Enough?

29:00 Why Defend Status Quo?

30:35 Zoning Law Issues

REFERENCES:

- https://jacobin.com/2025/03/abundance-klein-thompson-book-review

- https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/books/review/abundance-ezra-klein-derek-thompson.html

- https://pnhp.org/news/ezra-klein-on-prices-and-innovation/

- https://www.tribtalk.org/2016/02/25/ban-on-direct-auto-sales-hurts-consumers-and-innovation-in-texas/

- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita

- https://appliedgeographic.com/2023/10/vacant-housing/

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Controversy

1:26 Right Wing Reaction

7:09 Left Wing Reaction

10:54 Substance

16:46 End

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Start

01:48 Anulled Election

03:32 Deep State Claims?

04:31 MAGA Candidate

07:03 Liberal Victory

10:27 Europe's Battle with Populism

16:13 Russian Interference

24:13 Election Denial

25:39 Telegram Controversy

REFERENCES:

* https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/world/europe/nicusor-dan-romania-election.html

* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/25/calin-georgescu-romania-election-hard-right-candidate

* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/romanian-prosecutors-launch-investigation-into-far-right-politician-calin-georgescu

* https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250503-romania-set-for-presidential-election-re-run-after-annulled-vote-sparks-political-turmoil

* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/19/nicusor-dan-the-maths-prodigy-who-beat-an-ultranationalist-for-romanian-presidency

* https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnk4qlwn7dpo

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistria

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